Joshs2013MSAltimaSL
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- Dec 10, 2008
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Hey guys, as some of you know, I've been working on a Corvette for the last week (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/show-n-shine/24207-2007-c6-corvette.html). This car was bought brand new by my Dad in 2007 and it is garage kept. About two years ago, we did a correction job using the PC and some XMT polishes (I was just starting out with detailing). Since then, it has been washed every once in a while and has picked up slight swirling and scratches. Dad has since retired and I told him that I wanted to do his car up really good. I started on Monday and finished today. All in all I have about 22 hours worth of work. I took some pictures today, but the weather was rainy so no sun shots today. I did take some yesterday though...they were just before any final polishing and LSP.
I did not take many before pictures because I wanted to get right to work. The process is as follows:
Wash:
2BM
Lowe's grout sponge
Meg's Gold Class
Dawn soap via foam gun
PakShak WW to dry
Clay:
Mother's Yellow clay
ONR as lube
Wheels:
P21s gel
DD wheel brush
Swissvax-like lugnut brush
MF towels
Paint:
Dewalt 849
M105 and Meg's burgundy wool
SIP and white CCS
3M UF and blue CCS
LSPs:
Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint sealant
Poorboy's World Natty's Blue paste
CG Ultra-Premium MF towels
Day 1 started on Monday about 5:30pm (I work full time during the day so I could only work on this for a couple hours each day after work). This is what the car looked like:
As you can see, the car was quite dirty so I got straight to work. I started with the wheels first. I let the P21s gel dwell for a couple minutes while I scrubbed the tires and wheel wells. Using the DD wheel brush, I was able to get the barrels cleaned as well. I used the MF towels for the faces. After the wheels, I moved straight to the wash. I foamed it with Dawn to remove as many loose contaminants as possible and then went on with the 2BM and Meg's Gold Class. I rinsed and brought the car in the garage to clay. I used a blower to rinse off most of the water and then used ONR and Mother's Yellow clay. PakShak WWs were used to dry the car. That concluded day 1.
I did not take many before pictures because I wanted to get right to work. The process is as follows:
Wash:
2BM
Lowe's grout sponge
Meg's Gold Class
Dawn soap via foam gun
PakShak WW to dry
Clay:
Mother's Yellow clay
ONR as lube
Wheels:
P21s gel
DD wheel brush
Swissvax-like lugnut brush
MF towels
Paint:
Dewalt 849
M105 and Meg's burgundy wool
SIP and white CCS
3M UF and blue CCS
LSPs:
Wolfgang Deep Gloss Paint sealant
Poorboy's World Natty's Blue paste
CG Ultra-Premium MF towels
Day 1 started on Monday about 5:30pm (I work full time during the day so I could only work on this for a couple hours each day after work). This is what the car looked like:
As you can see, the car was quite dirty so I got straight to work. I started with the wheels first. I let the P21s gel dwell for a couple minutes while I scrubbed the tires and wheel wells. Using the DD wheel brush, I was able to get the barrels cleaned as well. I used the MF towels for the faces. After the wheels, I moved straight to the wash. I foamed it with Dawn to remove as many loose contaminants as possible and then went on with the 2BM and Meg's Gold Class. I rinsed and brought the car in the garage to clay. I used a blower to rinse off most of the water and then used ONR and Mother's Yellow clay. PakShak WWs were used to dry the car. That concluded day 1.
